In March, the war sweeping the world entered its fifth month.
During this period, the wars in various places have become less intense than before. However, even those who most hope for peace and tranquility will not be very optimistic about this. Because they know that this short-term calm is just more
It's the prelude to a violent outbreak. It won't be long before the raging war breaks out and spreads a hundred times more intensely than before.
On the twentieth day after the main force of Qingzhou withdrew from Chuilong City, Wang Yu's flag appeared at the foot of Yangtou Mountain, the boundary mountain at the junction of Shangdang and Taiyuan. This place is less than 80 miles away from Qixian County and 10 miles away from Gangyang.
The distance between the cities is also only over a hundred miles. If Wang Yu is willing, it only takes one day and night for the Wind and Fire Cavalry to appear in front of Ma Chao!
In this regard, Ma Chao showed great caution. He withdrew the siege of Gengyang City and retreated westward for more than fifty miles before setting up camp with Zhaoyu Ze as his back.
It was obvious that although Ma Chao had concerns about Wang Yu's arrival, he had no intention of giving in. As long as Wang Yu continued to move forward, a big battle was inevitable.
If the two armies engage in a head-on battle, including auxiliary troops, the total number of people participating in the battle will exceed 500,000! It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a war with a scale of one million. Such a war may not be called unprecedented.
, but there is no doubt that it was the largest battle in the past few decades in the late Han Dynasty.
At the same time, a huge storm was brewing amidst the tranquility of the Central Plains.
During this period, both sides of the battle were relatively restrained. Except for occasional collisions between scouts and rangers, there were no conflicts at the level of hundreds of people. Both sides were busy mobilizing their troops, and there were dense crowds along the Jishui River.
The murderous intent of the army seemed to freeze the flowing Jishui River.
If there had not been a series of battles before, there would definitely have been a large-scale refugee flow in the area between the Ji and Pu rivers. Guo Gong's fate served as a warning to everyone. Before the two behemoths collided,
If you don't avoid it from a distance, it is a pure way to die.
Another proof that the war is far from over is that on the Xuhuai battlefield, which was calm at the beginning of the war, the war is in full swing. There are indeed many serious people in the Qingzhou army, but Zhang Jiao, Pang Tong certainly cannot be classified as this
Go into the category.
He gave up to Sui'an before, just because he didn't want to be attacked on both sides and extend the battle line too long. When he learned that Sun Ce had abandoned Huainan and ran to Yanzhou, his jaw opened, and Pang Tong's heart was filled with raging anger.
This is a kind of contempt! A contempt for all the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army! Do you think that leaving a young boy who has never experienced any battles, just fourteen years old, and tens of thousands of mobs will be like suppressing Xuzhou and stabilizing Huainan?
It’s simply wishful thinking!
As soon as they got the news, Zhang Jaw and Pang Tong mobilized all their troops, marched out of Pengcheng and entered Qiaojun. Sun Quan and the remaining generals had been making preparations. When they heard that Zhang Jaw's troops had left Pengcheng, they did not dare to attack.
He was so lazy that he mobilized all the 50,000 troops and horses left behind, set up a formation at the foot of Xiao County City, and attacked Zhang Jia.
The two sides started a fierce battle.
With the assistance of Huang Gai, Han Dang and other veteran generals, Sun Quan commanded in a decent manner, but after several days of fierce fighting, he gradually became unable to resist.
Although the strength of the Jiangdong Army has the upper hand, there are too few elites. There are only 15,000 former Jiangdong headquarters soldiers and horses, and the other 35,000 soldiers are recruited from the Huainan Army. Both combat strength and morale are quite weak, and they are not impressive at all.
The opponent of Xuzhou Army who was almost in mourning.
The battle lasted for ten days, and finally ended with Sun Quan abandoning Xiao County and defeating Zhu Qiu.
Before Sun Quan was defeated, he left some soldiers and horses in Xiao County to break up the rear, but the effect was not good. He only resisted for half a day, then directly raised the white flag and the whole army surrendered. Zhang Jiao captured Xiao County and became more powerful, leaving behind
Xu Sheng defended the city and marched westward with Pang Tongyi's army in pursuit, finally blocking Sun Quan's 30,000 remnant army in Zhuqiu City.
For Jiangdong Army, the situation suddenly became extremely dangerous.
Not to mention that in Sun Quan's army, there are relatives of the Sun family like Sun Quan and Sun Jing, veteran generals such as Huang Gai and Han Dang, and rising stars such as Zhou Tai and Zhu Huan. If these people are caught in one fell swoop, Jiangdong will definitely
The vitality is severely damaged. Even if reinforcements are dispatched from the mainland, without these experienced generals, how can there be any hope of making a comeback?
What's more, once Sun Quan's troops are annihilated, Sun Ce in Yanzhou will become a tree without roots. Even if Cao Cao takes the overall situation into consideration and does not have any evil intentions, Sun Ce's 30,000 soldiers can hold on when the backup is cut off.
How long?
What's more serious is that without the combat power of Sun Quan's troops, Huainan is extremely empty. As long as he opens his jaws and sends thousands of troops southward, and with the help of the powerful response, he can sweep across Huainan, Si is just around the corner.
If Zhou Yu hadn't arrived in time, Sun Quan would have confessed to Zhu Qiu.
Zhou Yu was almost the busiest person in the world during this period. After solving Yuan Shu, on the one hand, he wanted to appease Yuan Shu's old ministers and restore order in Yuan Shu's old territory. On the other hand, he wanted to recruit the Huainan Army. This was not only to supplement his combat power, but also not to let Yuan Shu's army suffer.
They all broke up and went back to the mountains to become bandits, causing turmoil in all parts of Huainan.
These two tasks are very complex and difficult propositions. It is really difficult to complete them in just more than ten days. Not only that, Zhou Yu also needs to pay attention to the battlefield of Qiao County and is always ready to go north.
Reinforce Sun Quan - From the beginning, Zhou Yu had no confidence in Sun Quan. The latter was too young and his prestige was too low, and it was impossible to integrate all the strength of 50,000 soldiers and horses.
No matter how high his attention was, the speed of news exchange could not be increased. Sun Quan was defeated too quickly. By the time Zhou Yu received the news of Xiao County's defeat, Sun Quan was already surrounded in Zhuqiu.
Zhou Yu had no choice but to leave the affairs of Shouchun and the stability of Huainan to Liu Bei. He led 5,000 Jiangdong Army and 10,000 newly recruited Huainan Army to Zhuqiu to rescue Sun Quan.
Zhou Yu knew that what he was doing was very dangerous. As long as a hero like Liu Bei sees a gap, he might create an opportunity. If you give him a chance, it is really hard to predict what he can do.
Liu Bei has been secretly colluding with Yuan Shu in the past two years, and already has a lot of potential power in Huainan. This time, under the guise of Jiangdong Army to stabilize the place, it will definitely not be a problem to expand the original potential power by two or three times. For the future of Jiangdong Army
This is a considerable hidden danger for Huainan's rule.
But Zhou Yu had no other choice.
Waiting for Sun Ce to return reinforcements may not be possible in time. Secondly, Sun Ce and Cao Cao have already agreed on Yanzhou's strategy, and a general offensive is imminent. If Sun Ce withdraws his troops or sends troops to return reinforcements, it will definitely weaken the power of the general offensive, and neither side will fall well in the end.
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In order to contain the Xuzhou Army, Zhou Yu had a lot of dealings with Guangling during this period. Zhang Hong, who was in charge of diplomacy, and Zhuge Jin, who had recently defected, were stationed in Sheyang, just to persuade the Chen family and his son to raise troops to respond.
He and Jiangdong's army attacked Zhang Jaw from front to back.
However, the Chen family and his son, who have always been at odds with Qingzhou and like to act according to the prevailing situation, have taken some medicine. They appear to be submissive on the surface, but have no actual actions at all. Even if they actually understand Xu Shu's defeat in Bingzhou,
He did not take any hostile actions against Qingzhou.
Although Zhou Yu is young, his ability to understand people's hearts is not weak. He knows in his heart that the Chen family is probably hopeless.
Perhaps it was because they were close and had a deep enough understanding of the strength of the Qingzhou Army, or maybe it was the role of the Frontier Strategy. The Chen family has now changed their tune and bet on Qingzhou. Zhou Yu even suspected that if Xu Shu hadn't eaten
A defeat made the overall situation become confusing again. Guangling's army might have turned around and headed south, preparing to cross the river to attack Jiangdong.
This is not his random whim. With the shrewdness of the father and son of the Chen family, how could they not see that this is the moment when Guangling's soldiers and horses can play their greatest role. If you miss this opportunity, just rely on Guangling's few soldiers.
, there is no way to gain much benefit for the Chen family.
Since Guangling stood still, it meant that he was preparing to surrender to Qingzhou. He did not immediately target Jiangdong. He was just worried about Qingzhou's failure and did not want to complete the matter.
Sun Ce can't come back, Cao Cao can't count on him, Jiangxia and Changsha still have to leave some troops to defend Liu Biao, Li Ru, and Zhou Yu can only maximize Liu Bei's role and drink poison to quench their thirst.
Facts have proved that Zhou Yu's decision was quite correct.
When he arrived at Zhuqiu, Zhangzha had already dispatched fifty heavy catapults and smashed a large gap in the east wall of Zhuqiu City! If Zhou Yu had arrived three or five days later, Zhuqiu would have
The eighth city was conquered.
To Sun Quan and others, Zhou Yu is the timely rain and cool summer breeze.
The appearance of reinforcements can not only strengthen the force and boost morale, but more importantly, with Zhou Yu taking over the command, Jiangdong Army is no longer as passive as before.
Huang Gai and Han Dang are both experienced generals, but they are far from being handsome. They can train troops in peacetime and rush into battle during war. It is difficult for them to take charge of command and dispatch alone. Zhou Tai is a pure
Zhu Huan is a fierce general, but he is young after all, and unlike Zhou Yu and Sun Ce who are sworn brothers, his prestige is not enough to convince the public.
The strategy that these people put together was like a child playing house in the face of Zhang Jia's experience and Pang Tong's intelligence. It would be strange not to be beaten into confusion.
After Zhou Yu took over, the situation improved greatly. Jiangdong Army changed its previous decline and gradually gained some momentum. Especially Zhou Yu and Pang Tong each came up with ingenious plans, and also used the method of combining virtual and real to confuse the enemy and attack the enemy's smart warfare.
Add a bit more color to this battle.
Overall, the Zhang Jaw Army still had the upper hand. But it would be difficult to quickly overwhelm the Jiangdong Army as before, and the balance on the Jianghuai battlefield was restored again.
Jianghuai is deadlocked. People who are paying attention to this war have turned their attention to Bingzhou and the Central Plains again, waiting with bated breath for the final outbreak of the battle or battles that will determine the final direction of the war. (To be continued. Please
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